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can this phone work with other carriers and is there a SIM card?my wife wants to use this phone with her AT&T GoPhone account and is wondering if it is possible to switch this phone over to AT&T go phone. The only problem is she can't find where to put the sim card she needs in order to transfer all of your information to this phone.
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Boost and Sprint use CDMA technology, as do Verizon, Cricket, Virgin Mobile and others. AT&T, on the other hand, uses GSM technology, along with T-Mobile and others. With CDMA tech the phone is identified by data permanently embedded in the phone. With GSM tech, like AT&T, the phone is identified primarily by a removable SIM card in the phone. According to the geeks the two technologies are incompatable. There might be a way to make it work but it would probably involve precise soldering, perhaps have some extra wires hanging out, or in any case cost more than a new phone to have done. There is some switching possible "within technologies", such as "flashing" a Verizon phone to work with Cricket, or "unlocking" an AT&T phone to work wi...
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